Module 9

Talking about privacy, how far would you go for the sake of social justice? Justify.

  

The increasing sophistication of information technology with its capacity to collect, analyze and disseminate information on individuals has introduced a sense of urgency to the demand for legislation. Furthermore, new developments in medical research and care, telecommunications, advanced transportation systems and financial transfers have dramatically increased the level of information generated by each individual. Computers linked together by high speed networks with advanced processing systems can create comprehensive dossiers on any person without the need for a single central computer system. New technologies developed by the defense industry are spreading into law enforcement, civilian agencies, and private companies.

Privacy is about control, trust, and power in social situations and so rapidly implies ethical, political, and legal issues. But for the sake of social justice one may sometimes invade privacy.

How far would I go for the sake of social justice? Talking about this topic I can say that it’s really hard to tell how far I would go for the sake of social justice this is because people sometimes has a misconception when one is trying to help promote social justice, and sometimes ones who are doing dirty acts are always declared innocent. I can say that sometimes in order for me to promote social justice I would be able to break the laws and policies of the country, organizations and other. People are using the law to hide their anomalies and wrong doings, example of these are the government officials who are doing things for them to benefit.